Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft (Vitalii Masliukov / Shuttetstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Onboard Footage Captures Destruction of Ukrainian Su-25 A camera on board a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot close air support jet captured a rare footage showing the final moments of the aircraft after it was hit by a Russian missile during a combat sortie. Pilot Vladislav “Magic” Rykov, 30, was killed in the February 2024 incident. A veteran of 385 missions with...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! File Photo. A NASA WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft, one of only two aircraft types capable of flying above 50,000 feet. The modified Canberra bomber can reach 60,000 feet and stay aloft for six and a half hours. (Photo: NASA/Sean Smith) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Scientists Use AI to Create First Fully Synthetic Virus From Scratch Scientists at Stanford have used AI to design a new virus, Evo–Φ2147, which efficiently destroyed E. coli colonies in...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A sailor assigned to VFA-151 performs maintenance on an F/A-18 in the hangar bay of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the carrier transits the Indian Ocean en route to the Middle East, Jan. 26, 2026. (CENTCOM via X) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Carrier Strike Group Enters CENTCOM Area as Trump Offers Iran Negotiations The USS Abraham Lincoln and its escort ships have entered the United States Central Command area of responsibility amid rising tensions with...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Air Force crew chief marshals an F-35A Lightning II following military actions against Venezuela in support of Operation Absolute Resolve, Jan. 3, 2026.(U.S. Air Force Photo) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Trump Claims Secret ‘Discombobulator’ Weapon Key to Venezuela Raid President Trump told the New York Post that U.S. forces used a classified system he called "the Discombobulator" during the January 3 Caracas raid, claiming the device disabled...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. December 28th, 2025 (Kaua209 / Shutterstock) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Zelensky Blasts European Allies Over Inaction at Davos Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a sharp rebuke of European leaders at the World Economic Forum Thursday, comparing the continent's stalled support to "Groundhog Day." He criticized Europe for failing to...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! Ukrainian armor advances through winter conditions in eastern Ukraine. (Photo: 22nd Mechanized Brigade/AFU) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES US Transfers ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq The U.S. Central Command has begun transferring ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq, starting with 150 prisoners from Hassakeh. Up to 7,000 fighters could eventually be moved to Iraqi-run facilities under a plan coordinated with Baghdad to prevent further prison...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails through the Pacific Ocean (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joey Sitter) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES US Forces Seize Seventh Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker U.S. troops boarded and seized the Liberian-flagged tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean, marking the seventh vessel tied to Venezuela captured under the White House’s campaign targeting the country’s illicit oil...
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Was this Email Forwarded to You? Subscribe! A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook hovers past Soldiers of Golf Company, Task Force CARDINAL on May 10, 2025, at Al-Asad Airbase, Iraq (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brad C. Stepien) SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES Dozens of ISIS Fighters Flee Syrian Prison Amid Clashes Dozens of ISIS inmates escaped a prison in Shaddadi, northeast Syria, after clashes between government-linked factions and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF said it lost control...
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